The Helper by David Jackson

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In The Helper, David Jackson’s second crime novel, NYPD detective
Callum Doyle investigates a series of homicides with a macabre twist — they
are all aimed specifically at him. The killer phones him after the first
murder, that of a bookshop assistant, telling Doyle he will provide him
telephonically with tantalising clues giving him a chance to identify future
potential victims, and thus prevent their deaths. But in return Doyle will
have to keep the clues to himself, withholding them from his police
colleagues. Several apparently unrelated killings follow before the clues
begin to make sense. It’s a clever device, adroitly